Christian Yelich Preview, Player Props: Brewers vs. Cubs
The Milwaukee Brewers and Christian Yelich (.375 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, including one homer), battle starter Justin Steele and the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Tuesday at 8:05 PM ET.
In his most recent appearance, he had two hits (going 2-for-5 with a home run and an RBI) against the Cubs.
Christian Yelich Game Info & Props vs. the Cubs
- Game Day: Tuesday, August 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Wrigley Field
- Cubs Starter: Justin Steele
- TV Channel: TBS
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -250)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +625)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +225)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
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Christian Yelich At The Plate
- Yelich leads Milwaukee with an OBP of .370, plus a team-best slugging percentage of .455.
- Among the qualified hitters, he ranks 18th in batting average, while his on-base percentage ranks 14th and he is 53rd in slugging.
- In 70.1% of his 127 games this season, Yelich has picked up at least one hit. He's also had 37 multi-hit games.
- He has gone deep in 12.6% of his games this season, and 3% of his plate appearances.
- Yelich has picked up an RBI in 35.4% of his games this season, with more than one RBI in 13.4% of his games. He has also driven in three or more runs in six contests.
- He has scored at least once 64 times this year (50.4%), including 25 games with multiple runs (19.7%).
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Cubs Pitching Rankings
- The Cubs pitching staff is 21st in MLB with a collective 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Cubs have a 4.23 team ERA that ranks 16th among all league pitching staffs.
- Cubs pitchers combine to surrender the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (145 total, 1.1 per game).
- Steele gets the start for the Cubs, his 25th of the season. He is 14-3 with a 3.20 ERA and 133 strikeouts in 138 2/3 innings pitched.
- The lefty's most recent appearance was on Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, when he went six innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing six hits.
- This season, the 28-year-old ranks ninth in ERA (3.20), 23rd in WHIP (1.188), and 31st in K/9 (8.7) among qualifying pitchers.
